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Long Guocheng's glare blew up a shrimp that was perched on a tree.

"Save some energy. If irrelevant desolate beasts don't affect us, don't kill them," Xiang Beifei said gravely.

This was a principle that pioneers on a mission must abide by.

The desolate beasts in the wilds beyond the domains were endless— they were here on a mission, and if they exhausted their strength killing other desolate beasts before it was completed, they'd be at a disadvantage when facing their target.

"I just found it an eyesore."

Long Guocheng kicked the late Qi-Controlling stage shrimp, extracting the Beast Pill from it.

Xiang Beifei pondered for a moment, then went over and destroyed the shrimp's brain.

"Why must the brains of desolate beasts always be destroyed?" Xi Keyao asked.

"Just as a precaution."

Xiang Beifei did not elaborate further.

They had now reached a ruin, where countless stones lay piled up, covered in various black plants blooming with bright red flowers. Each flower swayed in the air, watching them ominously.

"Is this also a ruin of the City of the Old Days?" Li Zimu asked while gazing at the stones before him.

"It seems so," Xi Keyao nodded.

"It must be a relic from a thousand years ago; it's hard to believe that this land was part of Jiuzhou territory back then," Li Zimu couldn't help but sigh.

This place was in the Marquis Domain, thousands of miles from Jiuzhou territory. A thousand years ago, there were people living here, but now only several stone piles remained.

It was even older than the City of the Old Days—Jingsu City—that Xiang Beifei had seen before. At least Jingsu City had some large buildings standing, but here, only desolate weeds remained. If not for the vague outline of the foundations, it would be almost impossible to distinguish anything.

"Woof woof woof!"

At this moment, Xiaohei suddenly tugged on Xiang Beifei's ear.

"Someone is using a tracking system ability on us?" Xiang Beifei turned to look at Xiaohei.

"Woof woof!" Xiaohei nodded, wagging its tail.

The person capable of tracking him...

"Then it must be Chen Baiwen's Time Trace," said Xiang Beifei, who could think of no other possibility. Chen Baiwen could replicate other people's attacks, and quite possibly use it to track others' traces.

"How many people?" Xiang Beifei asked. Stay updated via empire

Xiaohei shook his head, indicating that he could sense the presence of a system ability on Xiang Beifei but couldn't determine the specific number of people.

"Can you block it?" Xiang Beifei continued.

Xiaohei nodded, then pointed at Li Zimu and the others before shaking his head again.

"You can only conceal my tracks?"

Xiang Beifei was deep in thought.

Chen Baiwen's system ability was rather peculiar. Strictly speaking, he was not applying the system ability to Xiang Beifei directly, but to the air itself, replaying a region's temporal shadows, which included Long Guocheng and the others.

Xiaohei was able to shield Xiang Beifei from the system ability's surveillance, but it couldn't protect anyone else.

"If they're coming, then we need to give them a proper reception."

Xiang Beifei wasn't afraid of these people because he'd participated in the system missions with Chen Baiwen and Hou Chengwu.

Chen Baiwen was somewhat manageable—his system value wasn't focused on cultivating power, but Hou Chengwu was. Therefore, whatever the situation, Hou Chengwu was powerless before him, and he could even use Hou Chengwu's system abilities to control him.

As for Zhu Xinjue, He Qiutong, and Yu Hongbo, Xiang Beifei had not participated in their system missions, having only seen them during newcomer trials.

However, that didn't mean there was no way to deal with these individuals.

Xiang Beifei stood up, looking into the distance, then muttered to himself, "Since they are so fond of tracking me, then I can't let them down."

"Woof?"

"Exactly!"

Xiaohei eagerly grinned and laughed, enjoying the thrill of stirring things up.

Having an idea in mind, Xiang Beifei said to Xi Keyao, "Come here, we need to discuss something."

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Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

A tornado stirred up in the wilds beyond the domain, and ten silhouettes flashed by swiftly.

"They rested here for five minutes and then headed westward. We've almost caught up. By my estimation, they should be less than ten kilometers ahead," Chen Baiwen said, reviewing the Time Trace.

"That means Xiang Beifei is nearby," Zhu Xinjue perked up!

Hou Chengwu casually killed an ant trying to climb a branch, crushing it underfoot, then said fiercely, "It seems Xiang Beifei has slowed down. We must not let him escape!"

The five of them, all experts in the Meridian Opening phase, were linked. As long as they caught up to Xiang Beifei, they could nearly ensure his demise!

They swiftly followed Chen Baiwen's Time Trace forward, quickly coming upon a massive chasm.

This chasm was over a hundred meters wide and of unfathomable depth. Looking down, one couldn't see the bottom, the area shrouded in a white mist, with many eerie plants growing on the cliff face.

The Time Trace showed that after reaching this point, Xiang Beifei and his party seemed to be talking on the edge of the cliff, and then Li Zimu and his four companions continued around the chasm and went on, while Xiang Beifei went down into the ravine.

"They've split up!" said Chen Baiwen, frowning.

"Why would Xiang Beifei leave those four S-Rankers to go down alone? What kind of desolate beast is he intending to handle by himself?" He Qiutong inquired.

"Don't know," Chen Baiwen admitted.

"With your ability to see others' traces, why haven't you learned to lip-read?" Hou Chengwu asked.

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